Herman schwarz



(N0 Model.)

H. SCHWARZ CAP.

`Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

ATTORNEY N, PETERS, PlwlLimcgnphur. wnhingiun, D4 C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN SCHVARZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,934, dated August 13, 1889. Application filed February l, 1889. Serial No.'298,330. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HERMAN SCHWARZ, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Head-WVear, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvementin head-wear, and has for its object to provide an ear-nap for hats, caps, and similar articles which, when not in use, will be concealed from View; and a further object of the invention is to provide ear-flaps for hats, caps, and similar articles which will not in the slightest interfere with or detract from the shape of the article to which they are attached.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ear-flap which, when in use, will also cover and protect the forehead of the wearer.

The invention consists in an article of manufacture, consisting of an article of head-wear having the material at the bottom edge turned inward within the crown and extended above and across the visor, and in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of a cap having my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 illustrates the cap upon the head of a person, the ear-nap being illustrated as down over the ears and forehead; and Fig. f-t is a detail view of the under side of the front part of the cap.

In carrying out the invention the body lO of the hat, cap, or other article of wearingapparel is formed to any usual or desired shape, the cap illustrated being provided with a visor ll, the material of the body of the cap extending down over and forming the covering of the said visor. The body l0 is made of greater length than is necessary for the actual formation of the cap, for instance, and the surplus material at the bottom is carried upward within the crown to a contact with the inner face of the body, as illustrated at l2 in Fig. 2,forming ear-aps. The inwardlyfolded material at the front is slit or out, as at 13, the slit or cut extending a distance nearly equal to the length of the visor. In the slit or cut 13 the stiffening 14 of the visor is placed, the said stiffening being secured to the edges of the slit or cut and forming a gore.

When the flap or inner folded material is carried upward within the crown, as illustrat-ed in Fig. 2, the exterior of the article of head-wear does not indicate in the least that an ear-flap is provided for the same, and as the material is preferably of a single thickness the contour or style of the article is not changed, and the said article is not rendered bulky in appearance, as is ordinarily the case when the old style of iiap is employed, the said iap occupying a position on the exterior of the article of head-wear in full view.

When the inner fold or iiap is to be used for the purpose of keeping warm the rear portion of the head, the ears, and the forehead of the wearer, before placing the cap or other article of head-wear containing my improved flap upon the head the inwardly-folded material is folded outward, and in this position the cap is introduced upon the head, whereupon the iap, which is continuous, as illustrated in Fig. 3, will neatly cover the back of thel head, the ears, and likewise the forehead without detracting from the general appearance of the article.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improved article of manufacture, an article of head-wear having the material constituting the body extending in one continuous piece below the lower edge of the body to form ear-flaps, the said extension being turned up withinl the crown when not in use and having in its front portion a cut or slit 13, to the edges of which the stiffening of the visor is secured, as specified.

HERMAN SCHWARZ.

Vitnesses:

EDwD. M CLARK, EDGAR TATE. 

